Flexible concentrator photovoltaics based on microscale silicon solar cells embedded in luminescent waveguides

Yoon, Jongseung; Li, Lanfang; Semichaevsky, Andrey V.; Ryu, Jae Ha; Johnson, Harley T.; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Rogers, John A.

doi:10.1038/ncomms1318

Title: Flexible concentrator photovoltaics based on microscale silicon solar cells embedded in luminescent waveguides

Journal Article · Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1318· OSTI ID:1380691

Yoon, Jongseung; Li, Lanfang; Semichaevsky, Andrey V.; Ryu, Jae Ha; Johnson, Harley T.; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Rogers, John A.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001293

OSTI ID:: 1380691

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 2; Related Information: LMI partners with California Institute of Technology (lead); Harvard University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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